deascio
From LSJ
Ὁ αὐτὸς ἔφησε τὸν μὲν ὕπνον ὀλιγοχρόνιον θάνατον, τὸν δὲ θάνατον πολυχρόνιον ὕπνον → Plato said that sleep was a short-lived death but death was a long-lived sleep
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dĕ-ascĭo: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. 1, ascio,
I to hew or cut with an axe, to smoothe.
I Lit. (late Lat.): deasciato stipiti, wrought, smoothed, Prud. στεφ. 10, 381.—
B To rub out, efface: hunc titulum, Murat. Inscr. 1203, 9.—
II Trop.: aliquem, to cheat, to chouse (cf. abrado), Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 11.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
dĕascĭō, āvī, ātum, āre, tr., raboter, racler avec la doloire : Prud. Perist. 10, 381
